Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, Date: 1999. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 490 pages. Shaftesbury's Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was published in 1711. It ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts (painting, literature, architecture, gardening), and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. Together with Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Addison and Steele's Spectator, it is a text of fundamental importance for understanding the thought and culture of Enlightenment Europe. This volume presents a new edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading. Light pencil marking to preface, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Record # 384037 1999. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521578922 9780521578929 [US]

Cambridge University Press, Date: 2000-03-13. Paperback. Good. 2000. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521578922 9780521578929 [US]

Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, Date: 1986. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 22.7 x 15.3 x 2.7 cm. An excellent copy in great condition. Only faint wear to cover. All pages clean, crisp and fresh. Publisher's note: Public masquerades were a popular and controversial form of urban entertainment in England for most of the eighteenth century. They were held regularly in London and attended by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people from all ranks of society who delighted in disguising themselves in fanciful costumes and masks and moving through crowds of strangers. The authors shows how the masquerade played a subversive role in the eighteenth-century imagination, and that it was persistently associated with the crossing of class and sexual boundaries, sexual freedom, the overthrow of decorum, and urban corruption. Authorities clearly saw it as a profound challenge to social order and persistently sought to suppress it.The book is in two parts. In the first, the author recreates the historical phenomenon of the English masquerade: the makeup of the crowds, the symbolic language of costume, and the various codes of verbal exchange, gesture, and sexual behavior.The second part analyzes contemporary literary representations of the masquerade, using novels by Richardson, Fielding, Burney, and Inchbald to show how the masquerade in fiction reflected the disruptive power it had in contemporary life. It also served as an indispensable plot-catalyst, generating the ...

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999 Softcover Good Condition A few superficial blemishes and imperfections to cover. Pages unmarked and uncreased. All in all, a good used copy. Publisher's note: Shaftesbury's Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was first published in 1711. This volume presents a new edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading Size: 15.3 x 22.9 x 3.7 cm. xxxvii, 490 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Philosophy, British--18th century; ISBN: 0521578922. ISBN/EAN: 9780521578929. Add. Inventory No: 240219SWQ010063.

Stanford, Calif Stanford University Press 1986 Softcover Very Good Condition An excellent copy in great condition. Only faint wear to cover. All pages clean, crisp and fresh. Publisher's note: Public masquerades were a popular and controversial form of urban entertainment in England for most of the eighteenth century. They were held regularly in London and attended by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people from all ranks of society who delighted in disguising themselves in fanciful costumes and masks and moving through crowds of strangers. The authors shows how the masquerade played a subversive role in the eighteenth-century imagination, and that it was persistently associated with the crossing of class and sexual boundaries, sexual freedom, the overthrow of decorum, and urban corruption. Authorities clearly saw it as a profound challenge to social order and persistently sought to suppress it. The book is in two parts. In the first, the author recreates the historical phenomenon of the English masquerade: the makeup of the crowds, the symbolic language of costume, and the various codes of verbal exchange, gesture, and sexual behavior. The second part analyzes contemporary literary representations of the masquerade, using novels by Richardson, Fielding, Burney, and Inchbald to show how the masquerade in fiction reflected the disruptive power it had in contemporary life. It also served as an indispensable plot-catalyst, generating the complications out of which the ...

Cambridge Univ Pr, Date: 2000. Paperback. New. 490 pages. 12.00x6.00x1.25 inches. 2000. Cambridge Univ Pr ISBN 0521578922 9780521578929 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. This important Enlightenment text ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts, and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. This volume, first published in 2000, presents an edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading. ISBN 0521578922 9780521578929 [GB]

Cambridge Univ Pr, Date: 2000. Paperback. New. 490 pages. 12.00x6.00x1.25 inches. 2000. Cambridge Univ Pr ISBN 0521578922 9780521578929 [GB]

West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.: Cambridge Univ Pr. New. Date: 1999. Paperback. 0521578922 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY - AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, WHY WAIT? -- 530 pp -- Sales sticker to rear cover, else excellent condition with no writing or highlighting on pages. Shaftesbury's Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was published in 1711. It ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts (painting, literature, architecture, gardening), and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. Together with Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Addison and Steele's Spectator, it is a text of fundamental importance for understanding the thought and culture of Enlightenment Europe. This volume presents a new edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1999. Cambridge Univ Pr ISBN 0521578922 9780521578929 [US]

Cambridge University Press 2000 Trade paperback New This book, first published in 2000, presents an edition of one of the most important texts of the Enlightenment. Editor(s): Klein, Lawrence E. Series Editor(s): Ameriks, Karl; Clarke, Desmond M. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 532 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 770. 2000. 0th Edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.